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G. JAQUITH.

SPINNING RING. No. 280,626. Patented July 3, 1883.

WITNESSES INVENTOR I ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

GILMAN J AQUITH, OF MAYSVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JANUARY81'- WOOD, OF SAME PLACE.

SPINNING-RING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,626, dated. July'3, 1883.

- Applicationfiled June 7, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GILMANJA UITH, of Maysville in the county of Masonand State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement inSpinning-Rings; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and cheap form ofspinning-ring, which shall automatically effect its own lubricationwithout the necessity of frequently doing this by hand or by otherdevices.

To this end the improvement consists in a spinning-ring having in itsupper periphery or flange, around which the traveler moves, an annularoil-chamber,with openings only at the top, or at a point through whichthe oil cannot run out from gravity, and through which the oil isintroduced. With a spinning-ring so constructed with an' annularreservoir, I find that the upper portion of the spinning-ring isconstantly and uniformly lubricated with a small but sufficient quantityof oil as long as the supply lasts. As to the manner in which the oilpasses from the annular chamber to the exterior of the walls of the ringwithout special openings through which it may gravitate, Iwould statethat this occurs in two ways: First, the oil penetrates the naturalpores of the thin metallic walls of the chamber and oozes out on theexterior as a thin sweat 5 and, secondly, inthe rapid revolution of thetraveler its centrifugal action and inductive effect on the air drawsome of thevapors of the oil out through the inletholes, which condenseon...the exterior of the cold metal; or a small quantity of the oil,adhering to the walls of the inner chamber by surface adhesion, isconstantly drawn'to the exterior throughthefilling-holesbythe inductionof the traveler.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a spinning-ring with a segmentbroken out of its periphery, the said ring being in an unfinished state,and showing the first step of forming the annular chamber by turning agroove in its flange or upper periphery. Fig. 2 is a similar view of thering, having its annular chamber completed by the closure of the wallsgo of the groove, and the ring being shown seat ed in a portion of therail, which is here shown in section.

A indicates the ring, and I) 7) its flange, on and around which thetraveler B moves. Said flange is made hollow or formed with anoilreceptacle, 0, in its upper part. This receptacle is constructed bygrooving the top of the flange, as in Fig. 1, so as to leave two uprightthin metal walls, with a small space between them. These two separatedwalls are then brought together at'the top, thus forming the closedannular cavity or oil-receptaclee on top of and all around the. ring.Two or more small apertures, 8, must be made in the upper part of thisclose oil-receptacle for the expulsion of the air at one of saidapertures when replenishing the receptacle or cavity with oil at theother. The oil contained in this receptacle, I find, serves to lubricatethe ring as the traveler B rapidly revolves around and over it, actingin the way heretofore indicated, and thereby preventing the travelerfrom wearing, and giving a perfectly uniform friction to it, andconsequently uniform tension to the thread.

To explain the advantages of this construction of the ring and method oflubricating it for thetraveler, I would briefly'state that the manner ofoiling heretofore practiced has been to put the oil on the outer surfaceof the top of the ring, which oil the traveler (that moves with avelocity of five or six thousand revolutions a minute, more or less)almost immediately clears from the ring, excepting the small quantity,if any, that penetrates the pores of the iron of which the ring is made.This produces a very light friction of the traveler when the ring isfreshly oiled and the frame is first started, but an increased one asthe oil is thrownoff, and this increases the tension on the thread, bywhich the traveler is propelled. It consequently becomes necessary toreplenish oil to the traveler several times in'the course of a day, andeven then uniformity of tension or friction is not secured. With myimprovement, on the contrary, fresh oiling need not be resorted tooftener' than once infour or five weeks, and a uniform friction isobtained also, only a small proportion of the oil formerly used isrequired, and a great saving in cleaning the work, and very-much lessbreakage of I00 ends, and consequently bad places or piecings, takesplace, besides a great saving in waste.

I am aware of the English Patent No. 2,87 of 1878, which shows means foroiling a spinning-ring, consisting of a duet leading from the edge ofthe ring to a cup or oil-reservoir beside each ring in which cup isaplunger for each ring, fitting in the duct and arranged to act as theplunger of a pump to force at times a supply of oil to the wearingperipheryof the ring. The expense and impraeticability of providingaseparate pump for oiling each one of the spinning-rings is so obviousan objec tion that I do not considerit necessaryto dwell upon anyfurther distinction as to the different principles of myinvention andits simple and practical construction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is-Aspinningringhaviilg in its np )erperipl1- eral edge or flange anannular oil-reservor, with inlet-orifices for introducing the oil,substanrially as shown and described.

GILMAN .TAQUITH.

Witnesses:

1%. K. Honnmcn,

S. Voon.

